OF SEEDS AND LICHEN
by KATE DONOVAN & GABI SCHAFFNER
Of Seeds and Lichen is an invitation to join Datscha Radio’s collective artistic experiments in sensing the garden.
Find out more about Datscha Radio at www.datscharadio.de.
Seeds Dispersal I and II by Kate Donovan
8:15 min
“Seed Dispersal” explores the sounds and stories of various seeds on
their journeys through water, air, and bodies: a cosmos of dispersal,
told in radio snippets and sent upon a breeze. With sounds and voices
from Pablo Juanes; Molly, Hunter & Scout.
Seed Dispersal I and II formed part of Datscha Radio’s intervention “Radio Seed Bombs” on the 13th of September 2019.
La Lichen Parfumée by Gabi Schaffner with Julia Drouhin
19:30 min
Based on several failed experiments in the transposition of plant’s
chemical ingredients into random melody, lost and found field recordings
and the sound and scents of a waffle iron. (Lan: F)
Text, recordings and composition: Gabi Schaffner
Speaker: Julia Drouhin
Piano: Sanne Drouhin-Kok
Waffle Iron: Richard Schaffner
La Lichen Parfumée was written and composed for Datscha Radio’s
Nightgardening II, “Frequencies and Fragrances”, broadcasted August 8-9,
2019..
KAT DONOVAN
is a practicing radio artist, facilitator and researcher based in
Berlin. Her artistic practice deals with radio in an elemental sense, in
terms of frequency, transmission and interconnectedness (but also
disruption and interference). Her editorial and organisational work in
free and community radio fosters inclusion and experimentation.
Recent and current projects include: Datscha Radio 17, a garden radio
art festival on the future of the garden in the Anthropocene; ‘The
Bespoke Headpiece’, a speculative telling of radio history which was
developed during a transmission arts residency at Wave Farm in 2018; and
the ongoing radio show ‘elements’, which broadcasts monthly via
CoLaboRadio, on FM in Berlin and Potsdam, and online.
GABI SCHAFFNER
works as an interdisciplinary artist in the field of visionary
documentation, poetics and sound art. Traveling forms a vital part of
her artistic practice – as a source for sound and language recordings
but also as “a rite of passage” enabling the artist to explore
alternative narrative structures. Her works in the field of sound and
radio art have been broadcast internationally, including commissions by
Deutschlandradio, SWR, ABC Australia and many more. Besides radio she
has realized site-specific projects and exhibitions in India, Australia,
Iceland, Spain, Finland, France and, most recently, Taiwan. Her
collaborative project Datscha Radio won the Award of the Berlin Network
of Free Project Spaces and Initiatives 2019. Recent activities include
“Nightshade Island”, an audio walk conceived of for “Tracks in a Box” by
“The Walking Tour Library”, and “Night Gardening”, Datscha Radio’s new
series of broadcasts.
metadata:
Of Seeds and Lichen – by KATE DONOVAN & GABI SCHAFFNER
radia production: miss.gunst [GUNST + radiator x]
production date: september 2019
station: radio x, frankfurt am main (germany)
length: 28 min.
licence: (cc-by-nc) KATE DONOVAN & GABI SCHAFFNER
www.radiox.de – www.gunst.info – www.datscharadio.de
credits:
great many thanks to KATE DONOVAN & GABI SCHAFFNER!
additional info:
includes radia jingles (in/out), station and program info/intro (english)
links:
radio x & radiator x: www.radiox.de – www.radiox.de/radiator-x
GUNSTradio & radiator x: www.gunst.info – www.gunst.info/radiator
Datscha Radio: www.datscharadio.de
pic:
(c) Gabi Schaffner 2011
